Albert Kelly believes the only thing holding Hull FC back from gaining a stranglehold on the top four is the mental approach they take into Thursday’s clash with Wakefield Trinity.

Despite three consecutive league defeats, Kelly is confident FC can return to winning ways at the KCOM Stadium, but only if the Black and Whites turn up with the right attitude.

Hull have made a knack of turning it on for the big occasion and none come with much more significance than Thursday’s do or die tussle against Wakefield, who currently sit one place and one point behind FC with only two matches left.

After healing the wounds of a 30-22 defeat to Wigan Warriors marred by the controversy of Liam Watts’ red card, Kelly is focused on the next task at hand.

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“We just need to turn up with energy and effort. Our gameplan is not too bad at the moment and we just need to have the right mind-set to get the result,” Kelly told the Mail.

“There were a lot of disappointed heads in the dressing room after the defeat to Wigan. Radders said he couldn’t fault the effort but we didn’t get our main goal.

“When our backs are up against the wall we like to throw it around a little bit. We are a good attacking team and we knew we could do it. They just got the better of us but we’ll improve for Thursday night.”

Kelly added that he was proud of his team-mates for fighting hard for each other in the face of adversity after going down to 12 men.